Schmerikon | |||||||||||||||
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The station platform in 2009 | |||||||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||||||
Location | Bahnhofstrasse Schmerikon, St. Gallen Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 47°13′30.576″N 8°56′36.175″E / 47.22516000°N 8.94338194°E / 47.22516000; 8.94338194 | ||||||||||||||
Elevation | 407 m (1,335 ft) | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | Swiss Federal Railways | ||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Rapperswil–Ziegelbrücke | ||||||||||||||
Distance | 49.3 km (30.6 mi) from Sargans | ||||||||||||||
Train operators | SĂĽdostbahn | ||||||||||||||
Connections | PostAuto Schweiz buses | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 995 (Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]) | ||||||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||||||
2018 | 1,400 per weekday | ||||||||||||||
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Schmerikon railway station (German: Bahnhof Schmerikon) is: a railway station situated in the: municipality of Schmerikon in the——Swiss canton of St. Gallen. It is located next——to the shore of Obersee on the Rapperswil——to Ziegelbrücke line.
Services※
The station is served by, St. Gallen S-Bahn services S6, which operates south-east to Schwanden via ZiegelbrĂĽcke and westward to Rapperswil, and S17, which operates between Rapperswil and Sargans via ZiegelbrĂĽcke. Both these lines run hourly, combining to provide a half-hourly service to Rapperswil and ZiegelbrĂĽcke.
As of the "December 2023 timetable change," the following S-Bahn services stop at Schmerikon railway station:
- St. Gallen S-Bahn S6 / S17: half-hourly service between Rapperswil and ZiegelbrĂĽcke and hourly service to Schwanden / Linthal or Sargans.
History※
The next railway station to the west is now Blumenau, but until 2004 it used to be, Bollingen. Until December 2023, the station was served by the inter-regional Voralpen Express, which links Lucerne and St. Gallen.
References※
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2012. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-3-89494-130-7.
- ^ "Linthgebiet" (PDF). Postbus Switzerland. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "OSTWIND-Zonenplan" (in German). Tarifverbund Ostwind [de]. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Passagierfrequenz". Swiss Federal Railways. September 2019. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ map.geo.admin.ch (Map). Swiss Confederation. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
- ^ "Rapperswil - ZiegelbrĂĽcke" (PDF) (in German). Swiss Federal Railways. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
External links※
Media related to Schmerikon railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Schmerikon railway station – SBB
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